Non-refillable bottle.



, No. 848,529. PATBNTED MAR. 26, 1907..

J. H. BARNES.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 190a.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed July 6,1906. Serial No. 325,002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES HENRY BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to non-refillable botties; and my object is toprovide means of simple construction which will be positive in operationand which will prevent the refilling of bottles which are either filledunder pressure or by a process of soaking and no matter in what positionthe bottle is placed during the attempt to refill.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 tle with my invention in place.Fig. 2 is a view of the invention detached from the bottle looking atthe device a quarter-turned from Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partlyin section; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modification.

In carrying out my invention I provide a head 1, formed of glass orother suitable ma terial and adapted in diameter to fit within thebottle-neck. The head is provided with an annular groove 2 to receivecement 3, which when the head is forced down to the desired point in thebottle-neck will securely cement the head to the bottleneck.

The head is perforated axially, as at 4, and in this perforation thevalve 5 operates. The body of the valve is slightly tapered clownwardly,and it is provided with a flange 6, which finds a seat on the upper edgeof the head. A lateral opening 7 is formed in the head above the cement,said opening communicating with the axial perforation. When the valve isseated, the tapered body extends across the opening 7 and fits closelywithin the lower portion of the axial perforation, so as to prevent theinflow of fluid from the bottleneck into the body of the bottle. When,however, the valve is slightly raised from the position shown in Fig. 1,the tapered formation of the valvebody will provide an opening betweenitself and the inner wall of a head for the passage of the liquid, and afurther opening effect will result when the valve-body reaches such aposition that its lower end is above the lower wall of the opening 7.

I provide means for controlling the position of the valve, so as to holdit closed and prevent refilling. These means consist of a link 8, havingits upper hooked end 9, dotted lines, Fig. 2, engaging the eye 10,extending down from the end of the valve-body. This link is enlarged atits lower end to form a weight, and it'is provided with an extension 11,forming an elongated eye or slot which is engaged by the hooked end 12of a bellcrank lever 13 which is pivotally secured to a frame 14,depending from the head 1. The pivotal connection between the bell-crankand the frame is formed by a hook 15 on the bell-crank engaging an eye16 on the lower portion of the frame. The bell-crank is weighted at 16As shown in Fig. 3, the inner sides of the bars of the frame 14 arerounded or beveled at 17, so as to prevent the lodgment of the weightedlinkS thereon. When it is attempted to refill the bottle, the pressureof inflowing liquid, together with the action of the weighted levers,will cause the closing of the valve across the opening 7. It will benoticed that the connection between the bellcrank lever and the weightedlink is a loose one, so that the weighted link is free to move in alldirections, and thus if the bottle is turned in such a position that themaximum effect of the weighted bell-crank lever will not be secured theweighted link will then be in such a position as to effect the closingof the valve by itself, and for this purpose the inner sides of theframe-bars, as above described, are beveled, so as to present slopingedges, down which the weighted link will slide, even should the bottlebe turned to such a position that the weighted link and the frame-barslie in the same vertical plane. It will be noticed also that thebell-crank lever is loosely pivoted, so that it may have movement in adirection across the plane of its pivotal connection, and it will beimpossible to get the parts in such position that the weighted bellcranklever will be maintained in a plane directly at right angles to theplane of the frame-bars.

The parts of the device may be quickly assembled, and they may bereadily detached from each other. The elongated opening in the weightedlink willv permit the ready detachment of the hooked end of thebell-crank lever.

I do not limit myself to any particular material of which the parts areformed. I show in Fig. 1 a thimble 17 at the upper part of thebottle-neck, upon which the ordinary cork rests. This thimble isperforated, and it acts as a guard to the main part of the device.

"The head 1 is tapered upwardly, and any wire orinstrument which maybe-inserted will be deflected away from the valve toward thebottle-neck.

In Fig. 4 I show a modification of the appliance inwhich instead ofusing a weighted link and aweighted bell-crank lever I em- .ploy aweight 18, adapted toroll off of the frame-bars 14, said weight beingconnected and by a second link 20 to a supportingby a loosely-pivotedlink 19 to a valve-body frame. The action of this device issubstantially similar to that of the device shown in Fig. 1, the Weightsserving to draw the valve to its seat when an attempt is made to refillthe bottle.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination, the head having an openingtherethrough, a valve for closing the said opening, a weight, a framehaving side bars beveled on the inner side to prevent lodgment of theweight and means connect- .ing the weight with the valve and with thelaterally of the said frame, a loose connection between the weight andthe valve, and a loose connection between the weight and the frame,substantially as described.

3. In combination, the head having an opening, a valve, a weighted linkconnected with the valve, a frame depending from the head and a weightedbell-crank pivoted to the frame and connected to the weighted link,substantially as described. 4. In combination, a head having aperforation, a valve to close the same, a frame, a weighted linkpivotally connected to the valve and having an elongated opening, abell-crank detachably and pivotally connected with the frame and havinga hooked end passing through the elongated opening in the weighted link,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENRY BARNESv Witnesses:

HENRY E. COOPER, EDWARD N. SARTON.

